A ports life comes to an end

Hello my dear blog readers,

I have been on a wild ride since September when I had that port placed. After 3 hospital stays and several months, it finally failed me. No surprise there, huh? Well you can imagine how upset I was, considering everything I had gone through because of it. That's the way it works sometimes though, ports don't have a lifetime guarantee. Ha! I will admit that this last one could have been a lot better.
GOOD NEWS IS.... On Tuesday I had the surgery to have it taken out. It was soooo easy! I can't even believe it. And that concludes the story of Phoebe and her ports. I hope I never have to consider that again. What's really cool though is that I had none of the after surgery symptoms that I had last time. I've been awake, don't have a migraine, haven't been constantly nauseated all of which is amazing. I'm still  in the hospital but I'm getting out today. I've been waiting for my INR level to go up, it's really frustrating. I've had to endure these nasty Lovenox shots, and my tummy bruising until my INR was 1.6

this is what I look like: 

F*ing ridiculous!

My bestest friend in the whole world is moving back to Oregon. My Jena B. is incredible! No matter how many people I meet and love, Jena will always be my best friend. Oh my dear, I can't wait for all the adventures we are going to have.
 

 

I'm going to leave on that very happy note. Because honestly, nothing could make me happier right now, than to see my darling girls face. 

Oh my, in less than 24 hours I'll be with my pups again!! 

Good night my dears, wish you all sweet dreams and lots of love. 

Phee

Life is GRAND

WOW! Just wow. Hello world, hellooo internet.
I have been without internet for almost 2 weeks, which seems like FOREVER. I'm hanging out at a Starbucks in St. Helens waiting for my dogs to get groomed. Thankfully because they have wifi I can connect with the world at a higher pace. Waiting for my iphone to load blogger without wifi is hell.

So let me update you real quick on the happenings of my life.

I MOVED! Mo and I moved all of our stuff into the new house a week and a half ago. It's been so crazy. We were sleeping in one of the little rooms downstairs until our room was done being painted. But it is now, and we have moved into our new digs. It's like 3 times as much space! It's been so fun setting up our space. Of course neither of us can wrap our heads around how big it is in there. The baby pups haven't seen it yet. My parents are still moving out of the other house, and are keeping the dogs till they are with us in the house. Mostly because with Morgan gone at work all day, it'd be really hard for me to take care of them. I'm so worn out, and now I have stairs to confront. UGH! I've been doing pretty good, I take breaks if I need them, but even then I'm out of breath when I hit the top.

LIFE IS GRAND!

Morgan is gone for the next 5 days. He's visiting family and friends in Sacramento and San Jose with his brother and parents. I'm using this valuable alone time to set up our room, and hopefully (fingers crossed) PAINT. I haven't been able to in a while with all my weird health stuff, and the moving thing. But NOW I have all the space, privacy, and time to finish this painting - and FINALLY get it to the person who paid me for it in advance. I feel like a total shit because it's taken so long. I have it all planned out, and now I have the kind of set up that I needed to get it done. I LOOOOVE IT!

Anyways, I am on a 5 day run of Prednisone to give me a little boost. It's just the boost I needed too. The last 2 weeks have been so stressful, and I had to use all the reserves I gained in the hospital for moving. I will probably go into the hospital the beginning part of December, so I can be home for Christmas. WHICH IS GOING TO BE AMAZING!!!


Super hungry now, so I'm gonna go get some food with my pal. She gave up her whole day of leisure so that I wouldn't be alone on this trip. She's a sweetie!  ;)

The only way for me to communicate is through facebook and my phone, but obviously most of you don't have my cell number. Duh! But my facebook is open for business.

Love,

Phee

p.s. please pray that I get internet soon!!!!!!

Home

I am officially HOME! I got out of the hospital on Friday, and was home for Halloween. It was the first time in 2 years that I was able to be home for Halloween. :D Not that I did anything particularly exciting, but it was one less holiday spent in the hospital.

Very exciting stuff people!

We are getting ready for moving. After 8 years in this house, I can't believe that we are finally getting out of it. I love a lot of things about this house, but it's been pretty cramped for the last few years and I'm getting so tired of it. Living in a small room with another pack rat, is just horrendous. Anyways, while babe is at work I'll be packing up as much as I can.

Today I have the unfortunate task of doing our laundry. My least favorite job EVER. Actually, no... cleaning out the fridge, and pulling hair out of the drain top that. But I'd literally puke if I did those things, and no one really wants that. Thankfully!!!

The house is freezing and all I want to do is hop into a warm shower.

Hope everyone had a fabulous Halloween!

Love,

Phee

Knock on wood

Hello everyone!

Quick update: Surprisingly enough, there is nothing wrong with my portacath. I thought for sure it was doing something bad, because of the excruciating pain I was getting last time I was in the hospital. I think it might have been a bad access, but there was no swelling. It's sooo hard to say. Anyways, it's working and I'm getting better by the day. I'm 9 days into my stay, and I get to go home at the end of the week. Just in time for Halloween. :)
My sister in law is a photographer, and she is having this Halloween studio shoot. Morgan and I are having some pictures taken, with our puppies. I'm going to get Panda an orange bandana, no costume. He's already festive with his b&w coloring. I on the other hand am being a bunny. I found these cute fluffy ears, and it doesn't require too much work. I'm going to do my makeup and hair, wear a cute outfit, and put on my ears. For the first time in a couple years I will be home, and NOT in the hospital. In stark contrast with last year, I am actually feeling GREAT! And although it's late at night, and I can't sleep because of all the screaming children, I feel so good. Tired, but good and happy.

Life is good right now. I'm going to savor every moment, and I'm going to live it like I have no tomorrow(even though I have lots of tomorrow's). The last couple months have just been horrible, and it's finally over. All of the really tough bits are done and over with - knock on wood - so it's time to move on.

I'm in so much pain tonight! I had my port reaccessed, and it's been sore ever since. As if that's not enough, my pleuritic pain kicked in, and hasn't left for the last 8 hours. I'm exhausted, and have almost been awake for 24 hours. Luckily I've had wonderful nurses all day. You just can't beat that when you feel like shit.

When my doctor comes in today, I'm going to ask him if I can go home on Friday. I REALLY want to get out of here. I have to start packing up our room up too. We are moving this coming month, and WOW we have a lot of crap. I will be doing most of the packing alone because Morgan will be at work. Believe me when I say, that it's for the best. ;) Nothing against my dearest hubby, but packing is not his strongest suit. But I'm willing to admit that that might just be my OCD tendencies talking.

Tonight I'm wishing I could go to bed with my husband, that I could snuggle with my puppies, that I could cook in my kitchen, and paint in my living room. I just want to be surrounded by the house I've lived in for the past 8 years. I've had a lot of great times in our house, lots of bad ones too. It's the longest I've lived anywhere, and I don't regret one second of it. 

Going to bed finally! Nice catching up with you. ;)


Love,

Phee